view gallery |  Master and Slaves - Newport News VA
in Civil Rights Memorials Marker located on the grounds of Lee Hall Mansion, Yorktown Road (Virginia Route 238), Newport News , VA USA 23603. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 08/24/2023 last visited: 08/24/2023 |
view gallery |  Franklin Street Baptist Church [Historic] - St. Charles, MO
in Civil Rights Memorials This structure in the Frenchtown Historic District is classified as C. This church today is the Freedom Church. posted by: YoSam. location: Missouri date approved: 08/24/2023 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Franklin School - St. Charles, MO
in Civil Rights Memorials Built as a private school by St. Borromeo, sold to city school district for Black students. posted by: YoSam. location: Missouri date approved: 08/23/2023 last visited: never |
view gallery |  War Comes to Fairfield - Woodford VA
in Civil Rights Memorials War brought profound changes to the Chandler family, Fairfield, and the slaves who toiled on the plantation. Three of Thomas Chandler’s sons enlisted in the Confederate army. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 08/22/2023 last visited: 08/22/2023 |
view gallery |  Joseph Smith, Jr. - Carthage, IL
in Civil Rights Memorials After founding FAR WEST, and losing the "Mormon War" in MO; he moved to Illinois, and things got worse. posted by: YoSam. location: Illinois date approved: 08/19/2023 last visited: never |
view gallery |  The Chancellor Slaves The Battle of Chancellorsville - Chancellorsville VA
in Civil Rights Memorials Their names are unrecorded, their labors are rarely noted. No images of them survive. But slaves outnumbered Chancellor family members when Frances Chancellor moved into this house in 1861. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 08/11/2023 last visited: 08/18/2014 |
view gallery |  Andres Bello - Los Angeles, CA
in Civil Rights Memorials A bust of Venezuelan-Chilean humanist, diplomat, poet, legislator, philosopher, educator and philologist, Andres Bello. His political and literary works constitute an important part of Spanish American culture. posted by: bluesnote location: California date approved: 08/11/2023 last visited: never |
view gallery |  For All Anguish – For Some Freedom - Waverly Village VA
in Civil Rights Memorials Most white Spotsylvanians owned small farms of a few hundred acres. More than 6,000 slaves – half the county’s population – toiled on these farms, usually in groups of two or three, often alongside their owners. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 08/09/2023 last visited: 08/09/2023 |
view gallery |  Ben Franklin - Riverside, CA
in Civil Rights Memorials A quote from Ben Franklin in Riverside, California. posted by: bluesnote location: California date approved: 08/05/2023 last visited: never |
view gallery |  James Robinson House - Manassas VA
in Civil Rights Memorials To the south stood the farmhouse of James Robinson, a former slave freed by Landon Carter. There, during the First Battle of Manassas on 21 July 1961, Col. Wade Hampton’s Legion covered the Confederates falling back to Henry Hill. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 08/02/2023 last visited: 08/03/2023 |
view gallery |  Betty Washington - Brandy Station VA
in Civil Rights Memorials Marker is near Brandy Station, VA in Culpeper County at Brandy Road (Business U.S. 15/29), Brandy Station VA 22714. The marker was erected in 2000 by Department of Historic Resources. (Marker Number F-12.) posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 08/02/2023 last visited: 08/03/2023 |
view gallery |  Monumento a la Constitución de 1978 - Madrid, España
in Civil Rights Memorials Obra del arquitecto Miguel Ángel Ruiz Larrea // Work of the architect Miguel Ángel Ruiz Larrea posted by: xeocach location: Comunidad de Madrid, Spain date approved: 07/31/2023 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Allen-White School - Whiteville, TN
in Civil Rights Memorials Look at the Wikipedia picture for the building in 2010, and my photos of 2016. posted by: YoSam. location: Tennessee date approved: 07/30/2023 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Hardesty-Higgins House - Harrisonburg VA
in Civil Rights Memorials A young slave woman named Fanny cooked the soldiers’ rations in exchange for a share, which she took to wounded Confederates in a nearby hospital. At the end of the occupation, Fanny and her elderly parents left for freedom with Sheridan’s army. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 07/28/2023 last visited: 07/28/2023 |
view gallery |  Tragic Accident Sparks Sanitation Strike - Memphis, TN
in Civil Rights Memorials A plaque about the Sanitation Strike of 1968. The strike brought MLK to Memphis, where he gave his last speech of his life. posted by: saopaulo1 location: Tennessee date approved: 07/23/2023 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Exchange Hotel - Gordonsville, Virginia
in Civil Rights Memorials AFTER THE WAR In the reconstruction period, this hospital served the newly freed slaves as a Freedman's Bureau Hospital. As the United States healed and the railroads boomed, this graceful building again became a hotel and enjoyed a fine reputation. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 07/19/2023 last visited: 07/19/2023 |
view gallery |  This is Sullivan's Island - Sullivans Island SC
in Civil Rights Memorials A place where...Africans were brought to this country under extreme conditions of human bondage and degradation. Tens of thousands of captives arrived on Sullivan's Island from the West African shores between 1700 and 1775. posted by: Don.Morfe location: South Carolina date approved: 07/18/2023 last visited: 07/18/2023 |
view gallery |  Legend of the Cherokee Rose & Cherokee Dead - Brownfield, IL
in Civil Rights Memorials In the Field - Trovillion Cemetery outside Brownfield, where they spent the night during the Trail of Tears March. posted by: YoSam. location: Illinois date approved: 07/14/2023 last visited: never |
view gallery |  African Influence ~ St. Charles, MO
in Civil Rights Memorials One of 6 markers on the courthouse lawn about the area posted by: YoSam. location: Missouri date approved: 07/11/2023 last visited: never |
view gallery |  The Lee Sisters - Memphis, TN
in Civil Rights Memorials A plaque to the Lee Sisters in Memphis, TN. posted by: saopaulo1 location: Tennessee date approved: 07/11/2023 last visited: never |
view gallery |  The Necessary Ingredient-Malden's Salt Works - Malden WV
in Civil Rights Memorials Born into slavery on a Virginia farm, nine-year old Booker T. Washington moved to Malden with his family in 1865 after the war ended. He packed salt, mined coal, and worked for the wealthy Ruffner family. posted by: Don.Morfe location: West Virginia date approved: 07/10/2023 last visited: 07/11/2023 |
view gallery |  Maxine Atkins Smith - Memphis, TN
in Civil Rights Memorials A plaque to Maxine Atkins Smith. posted by: saopaulo1 location: Tennessee date approved: 07/10/2023 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Joseph Hanover - Memphis, TN
in Civil Rights Memorials A plaque to Joseph Hanover. posted by: saopaulo1 location: Tennessee date approved: 07/10/2023 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Mary Church Terrell - Memphis, TN
in Civil Rights Memorials A plaque to Mary Church Terrel. posted by: saopaulo1 location: Tennessee date approved: 07/10/2023 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Lide Smith Meriwether - Memphis, TN
in Civil Rights Memorials A plaque to Lide Smith Meriwether. posted by: saopaulo1 location: Tennessee date approved: 07/10/2023 last visited: never |
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